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Below are some reminders and important announcements for 5th grade.

 * ====Make sure students to know ALL fractions should be expressed in simplest form in all situations. This is an expectation on the Q2 EQT, but will NOT be restated with every problem.====
 * ====Most of Unit 2 assessment on the EQT will focus on mutliplication of fractions. There will be some division where fractions are representing division of whole numbers (NF.13) or where the dividend is a whole number and the divisor is a unit fraction (NF.17b/17.c).====

September 24, 2013
**IMPORTANTE NOTE!!!!!** GRADE 5 TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE NOTE OF CHANGES MADE TO THE QUARTER 1 EQT FOCUS. CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EQT FROM THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPED BY THE COMMITTEE WHO HAD NOT PLANNED FOR THE DEPTH OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WHILE THESE ARE BASED ON THE STANDARD, THEY WERE NOT TO BE TESTED UNTIL QUARTER 3. BE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS WITH:
 * **EXPONENTS UP TO THE 5TH POWER AND **
 * **STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO REPRESENT PHRASES AS EXPRESSIONS. **
 *  [EX: Which 2 times 4 added to 6? 2 x (4+6)] **

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